tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35550446.post1900704401652935567..comments2023-10-22T02:33:14.519-05:00Comments on Isla Mujeres: Gringo in Paradise: Have I Ever Told You About....Islagringohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18181198510287530636noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35550446.post-35623395602132755582007-10-29T16:51:00.000-06:002007-10-29T16:51:00.000-06:00Last time we were in Isla, I sideswiped something ...Last time we were in Isla, I sideswiped something with my foot on my way to the bathroom in the middle of the night. On my way back I turned on the light to see what it was, it was a big black scorpion...it was much better looking once my husband stomped it with his sandal. <BR/>The time before when we were there, my husband saw something shiny moving on the rocks near our pool, it was dark out....he decided to pick it up to see what it was(hello dum dum!) and got stung on the tip of his thumb. I had some benadryl cream handy from a sun rash I had and some fresh aloevera as well. I put that on his thumb and wrapped it in ice. He said it felt like his thumb was being immersed in boiling oil. The extreme pain lasted for twenty minutes (good thing he had a few beer into him) and then it hurt for a few days. When he came in the house it lookied like someone put a smoke out on his thumb, after the twenty minutes it turned black like a blood blister and stayed on his thumb for two months. We thought it would be a pretty cool scar, but eventually it fell off. And that's my scorpion story...SandraAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35550446.post-62070599738306567872007-10-25T21:21:00.000-05:002007-10-25T21:21:00.000-05:00Hey, thanks for sharing. I have gotten four emails...Hey, thanks for sharing. I have gotten four emails from people today who are coming to Chacala this winter and are now nervous about coming becaue of my post about my lovely pet scorpions. <BR/><BR/>I was just kidding. About being afraid of scorpions. I even have pet names for the ones I find. I call them "Dead", "Deader" and "crushed flat".<BR/><BR/>So I wrote another post today, trying to be straightforward and informative. <BR/><BR/>Which will probably scare more people. Oh well, we get too many scare-d-cat tourists here anyway. <BR/><BR/>Whatever.Andeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722006659186168668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35550446.post-7148777230735482712007-10-25T17:23:00.000-05:002007-10-25T17:23:00.000-05:00hi wayne,i just call it the ellensburg wind becaus...hi wayne,<BR/><BR/>i just call it the ellensburg wind because it is a very windy town. we never realized how windy until we moved here last fall. it had been pretty calm for over a month, but last night it started howling again. we had about an hour of it this morning and now it's just breezy. we are about a half hour from the columbia gorge amphitheater. it's even worse over there. one morning we woke up to find our tent facing the wrong direction. we hadn't noticed when we got back from the concert the night before. as we stood around wondering how the tent had ended up in that position, some guys came over and told us it had blown away and they had set it up for us. another time we were camping in a 6 person tent and the little tent right next to us was about to blow away. we took it while it was still up and put it in our tent for safekeeping until its owners returned. still, i prefer the wind here to the rain in western wa. any day.<BR/><BR/>take care, <BR/><BR/>teresaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35550446.post-91413756369270803142007-10-25T16:49:00.000-05:002007-10-25T16:49:00.000-05:00Most definately the scorpion. Getting a tattoo is...Most definately the scorpion. Getting a tattoo is a "good" pain!<BR/><BR/>What are Ellensburg winds???Islagringohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18181198510287530636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35550446.post-26872821836375250242007-10-25T14:20:00.000-05:002007-10-25T14:20:00.000-05:00yikes-i've been fortunate in that in all of my vis...yikes-i've been fortunate in that in all of my visits to mexico i have not seen any scorpions. i guess i've been lucky but i'm sure there will come a time when i too will see one. God willing, just like andee, i won't get bitten. so what hurt more, the bites or the tattoo? <BR/><BR/>enjoy your weather in paradise. our ellensburg winds have recently picked up again, but today is absolutely beautiful!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com